saw just the numbers first and was like "well, they can't all be +14" and only then saw what this statistic actually is

things are going well!

All the Tennessee bishops calling for a moratorium on the death penalty: dioet.org/blog/joint-s... ⚓

it is so easy to find high quality+free stock photos of priests who are men and SO difficult to find the same of priests who are women

I sent more dissertation content to my advisor everyone please praise me lavishly because it is terrifying every time

okay it turns out a lot of these complicated feelings are just feelings about being closeted and coming out, lol it turns out there's no level of healthy processing that can free you entirely from all tethers to your own past

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

when all the lawyers on your timeline go off at once

And Nashville? Raleigh? Austin? San Francisco and Boston are obviously higher in terms of absolute cost of housing, but in terms of how rapidly housing costs have increased over the last decade, it looks to me like plenty of "normal metros" are actually even worse?

A free and insubordinate press.

Hours after Speaker Mike Johnson confidently declared that Senate Republicans would "fix" Thomas Massie's bill requiring release of the Epstein files, the Senate just passed the bill as is by unanimous consent without any changes. A massive, embarrassing debacle for Johnson. It now goes to Trump...

THUNE SAYS EPSTEIN BILL COULD PASS US SENATE BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, POSSIBLY LATER ON TUESDAY

I have called both of my (horrible) senators

Thune on amendment to Epstein: “I think when a bill comes out of the house, 427 to one, and the President said he’d sign it, I'm not sure that amending it is in the cards.”

okay schumer's up on the floor in the senate talking epstein files bill

they did it! it's passed!

Come study church history with me! I'm teaching online classes in Episcopal history (starting in January), and the history of Christian monasticism (starting in April). I'm especially excited about getting to teach monasticism, and hoping it will draw a good enrollment! ⚓ cdsp.edu/call/online/

Prediction: CAIR will sue; they will be supported by free speech groups across the political spectrum; they will win; Texans will pay their legal fees; Abbott will be remembered as a free-speech charlatan and a bigot. gov.texas.gov/news/post/go...

Freelancers who write about the law, please take Jay's money!

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JUST IN: A federal judge has thrown out DOJ’s lawsuit to compel NY to aid in immigration arrests at state courthouses. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

i like how this makes it sound like the lutherans invaded and conquered valpo

lmao no one in my household knew about the Pope’s Big Speech About Movies so I got to be the one to tell them about it

Not expecting her to apologize is not the same as believing that her apology is genuine. Whether it is genuine or not, it is surprising to me that her instinct here was to back down rather than doubling down.

I don’t have to believe “she’s changed” to be able to see that *her perception of the incentive structure of American politics has changed* what the wicked who serve only their self-interest see as their self-interest is still a useful data point! No redemption arc necessary

People getting mad here about anyone saying it's good that MTG and Trump are fighting. I teach democratization every semester. The first slide says 'elite fracture.' That's always where it starts. It's good when people with bad politics are fighting one another.

I love the electric car so much

What Christians believe about Christ is found in the Scriptures and summed up in the creeds.

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A lot of education discourse is at root an inability to decide whether the purpose of our education system is to 1) teach material and measure learning 2) reward students who work hard 3) separate the smart kids (destined for smart guy jobs) from the dumb kids (destined to serve the smart guys)

The kitchen fires burned late, heating the ovens as extra cakes, turnovers, and pies were baked golden. Bands of moles plundered the orchard, wheeled great cheeses from the storerooms, and lugged forward big barrels of spiced nettle ale and pennycress an' comfrey cordial from the cellars.

Hurt my knee at contra; RIP

we renounce Satan

damn

I mean, they can't and it doesn't. don't print lies in the newspaper.

"My most left wing opinion is that vigilante justice is awesome" oh cool

Say to the anxious, 'Be strong, do not fear! Here is your God, coming with judgment to save you.'

For more on Rev. Woolf, who appears to have been arrested today: he published an editorial with @rns.org literally this week titled “Why clergy should risk assault to protest ICE” —> religionnews.com/2025/11/13/w...

Note: The pastor being thrown to the ground and arrested here while protesting outside an ICE facility here — who police single out — appears to be Rev. Michael Woolf, a Baptist pastor (he’s ordained by both American Baptist Churches USA and Alliance of Baptists).

grading isn't very fun tbh

okay seeking time-sensitive recs for a nice coffee shop in Louisville (roughly circa the convention center)

Them: The words מלאך and αγγελος don’t really mean ‘angel.’ Me: That’s right. Them: We must demyth— Me: There’s a wide variety of spiritual beings in the universe, including, but not limited to, angels, demons, devils, powers, principalities, airish beasts, thrones, heavenly f

yes; this: borders to tell you where you are, not where you can be

Toad found a lantern in the attic. “Frog will see this light. I will show him the way out of the woods,” said Toad.

The Historic Episcopate, locally adapted in the methods of its administration to the varying needs of the nations and peoples called of God into the unity of His Church.

Whoa. Go @aftynbehn.bsky.social! open.substack.com/pub/thecookp...

If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university. You’re working at a state propaganda factory.

Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or weep this night, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend the sick, Lord Christ; give rest to the weary, bless the dying, soothe the suffering, pity the afflicted, shield the joyous; and all for your love's sake.